June 18th - "Before the Rain" on DVD

Before the Rain by Milcho Manchevski:
The Criterion Collection:

Before the Rain

Milcho Manchevski

Special Features | Film Info | Cast & Credits

Synopsis

The first film made in the newly independent Republic of Macedonia, Milcho Manchevski's Before the Rain crosscuts the stories of an orthodox Christian monk (Grégoire Colin), a British photo agent (Katrin Cartlidge), and a native Macedonian war photographer (Rade Šerbedžija) to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. Made during the strife of the war-torn Balkan states in the nineties, this gripping triptych of love and violence is also a timeless evocation of the loss of pastoral innocence, and remains one of recent cinema's most powerful laments on the futility of war.

Special Features

• - DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• - New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Milcho Manchevski
• - Audio commentary featuring Manchevski and film scholar Annette Insdorf
• - New video interview with actor Rade Šerbedžija
• - Behind the Scenes in Macedonia, a short 1993 documentary about the making of Before the Rain
• - Soundtrack selections, featuring the music of Macedonian band Anastasia
• - On-set footage, theatrical trailers, and stills galleries of production photos, storyboards, and letters
• - A selection from Manchevski's photography collection Street
• - Manchevski's award-winning "Tennessee" music video
• - New and improved English subtitle translation
• - PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Ian Christie

Film Info

1994
113 minutes
Color
1.78:1
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Anamorphic
English

About the Transfer

Before the Rain is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.78:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On widescreen televisions, the image should fill the screen. Supervised and approved by director Milcho Manchevski, this new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from a 35 mm interpositive. To further enhance the image. The MTI Digital restoration System was used to remove thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches.

Cast
Anne	Katrin Cartlidge
Aleksander	Rade Šerbedžija
Kiril	Grégoire Colin
Zamira	Labina Mitevska
Credits
Written and directed by	Milcho Manchevski
Produced by	Cat Villiers
	Sam Taylor
	Cedomir Kolar
	Judy Counihan
Co-produced by	Gorjan Tozija for Vardar Film
	Frederique Dumas-Zajdela
	Marc Baschet
Edited by	Nicolas Gaster
Director of photography	Manuel Teran
Music composed by	Anastasia